Cold? Try a Blanket this Holiday Season

Cheers - cause I'm so British,
tango

When you're a Browns fan, you need to take joy in the little things, like the Steelers missing the playoffs

When you're a Browns fan, you need to take joy in the little things. Today, that joy is in the knowledge that my putrid but beloved Browns (along with the blessing of an unbelievably cold night) completely wrecked the chances of the Steelers to compete for a playoff spot. In celebration, my father took this picture. Enjoy.



Cheers - cause I'm so British,
joel

ps - now my hope is that this fluke win does not net Mangidiot a chance to keep his job. That would be an ironic payback by the Steelernation... and just our luck

I found the Muppets on the Internet today

Today, I found out that Muppet Studios has a Facebook Fan Page, a Twitter account, and has posted a Youtube video that involves the entire gang singing Bohemian Rhapsody. Apparently nearly 10M other people already knew that, but let me be the 10Mth to the party to share with you if you haven't seen already.



Cheers - cause I'm so British,
tango

Today's interesting Internet video

Props to Dale Brantner for the link. Be amazed by the death metal monk.



Cheers - cause I'm so British,
tango

Internet Vendor Appreciation Post

Today at CURE International, I've been thrust into the world of Internet tool vendors. Today, I'm creating accounts on Vimeo as a premium video provider, Wufoo as a survey functionality provider, and comparing Mgive and Mobile Cause as text-to-give providers. In most cases, I'm very pleased.

In the process, I found this great video, enjoy.

Trillions from MAYAnMAYA on Vimeo.

Let's hear it for focused companies that provide great, well-defined, well-implemented services on the Internet, eh? Let's hope we're all working for one some day.

Cheers - cause I'm so British,
tango

It's Monday and there's Simpson's Quotes on the Internet

Thanks to Matt Shandera for a reminder of the transitive property of Simpsons quotes, when you can use a Simpson's quote in a related topic that does not precisely match the same Simpson's circumstance, yet retains its hilarious quotient.

Thus presented, the Frogurt quote. Enjoy.



Happy Monday.

Cheers - cause I'm so British,
tango

Rainy Days, The House Where Nobody Lives, and Apple

It's been a rainy day in Central PA, and thanks to the magic of generation 1 U2 iPod and the random feature on my VW Golf stereo, I found Tom Waits' Mule Variations. I normally hate days like this - rainy and gloomy - and I wouldn't normally be so transfixed by an album like this one, but today they just fit together in a way that was just a little bit special in an otherwise very usual day. That's one of the great things about carrying your music library in a wallet-sized device - you get to remember that you have music you forgot you love.

Many props to Bryce Flurie who turned me on to Waits and to Dale Brantner who let me burn the album 5+ years ago.

So if you find someone
Someone to have, someone to hold
Don't trade it for silver
Don't trade it for gold
I have all of life's treasures
And they are fine and they are good
They remind me that houses
Are just made of wood
What makes a house grand
Ain't the roof or the doors
If there's love in a house
It's a palace for sure
Without love...
It ain't nothin but a house
A house where nobody lives

- from "The House Where Nobody Lives", Mule Variations, Tom Waits

Cheers - cause I'm so British,
tango